Just Add Water

Chapter 5

A whole week had passed since the girls had been turned into mermaids. Lucy and Erza were having the time of their lives swimming in the ocean but Juvia was still too scared to even go into the shallow end of the sea. Lucy and Erza tried to convince Juvia to join them when they swam but she refused.

"You can't hide from water forever." Lucy told her.

"I can try." Juvia said.

"Juvia we know how scared you are of it but you can't just let fear rule your life. You're a mermaid, the sea is apart of you."

"I never asked to be a mermaid."

"It's not as scary as you think." Erza said. "And you're in no danger of drowning, we can breathe under water."

"I just can't do it. Why can't you two just leave me alone about this?"

"Because we don't want you to miss out on something amazing."

"I don't want to talk about this. If you two can't let this go then I'm going home."

With that said she left the juice bar and headed back to her foster home.

"I should probably get going too." Erza said. "Mom's working late so I gotta watch my sister tonight."

"Alright I'll see you tomorrow? At the beach? Same time?"

"You know it."

Erza was very relieved that Lucy didn't ask to see where she lived. Truth be told, Erza lived somewhere at the far end of Magnolia in a trailer with her mother and her eight year old sister. She came from a very poor background and far as long as she could remember she had always been pushed around by other people for it.

"Wendy I'm home." She said walking into the trailer. 

"Hi Erza." The pig tailed girl greeted.

"Did Mom already leave?"

"About five seconds ago. She said that she won't be home til nine."

"She must have a client who owns one of those great big expensive cars."

"You think she'll make a lot of money off of this one?"

"Let's hope so." Erza opened the cupboard and pulled out a frying pan. "How does a grilled cheese sandwich sound for dinner?"

"It sounds great."

While Erza started cooking their dinner, Wendy waited by looking through one of their mother's magazines.

"Wow! Hey Erza take a look at this!" Wendy pointed to a page in the magazine which had a picture of a cute but expensive blue sundress that was just Wendy's size. "Isn't it pretty?"

"Sure is."

"I wish I could have a dress like that."

"You'd look awfully cute in it."

"And you would look so beautiful in this one."

She pointed to another page which displayed a gorgeous knee-length red lace dress with asymmetric cut, and suspenders.

"Me? In a dress? Are you kidding?"

"Don't you like it a little bit?"

Erza would never admit but she did like the looks of that dress but it was way more expensive than the blue one Wendy looked at. She knew the neither she or her mother could afford it so she wouldn't waste her time wanting it.

"It's nice but it's not my style."

"Hey Erza can I ask you something?"

"You just did." She chuckled. "But seriously what do you wanna ask?"